Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday offered President Trump with a letter nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize after Trump pushed for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
Netanyahu visited the White Home on Monday, marking the primary face-to-face assembly with Trump for the reason that president ordered U.S. strikes in opposition to Iranian nuclear services, a call made in coordination with Israel’s bombing of key Iranian nuclear websites.
The prime minister pulled out the letter throughout a dinner with Trump and offered it to the president.
“The president has already realized a terrific alternative. He solid the Abraham Accords. He’s forging peace as we converse in a single nation and one area after the opposite,” Netanyahu stated. “So, I need to current to you, Mr. President, the letter I despatched to the Nobel Prize committee. It’s nominating you for the peace prize, which is effectively deserved.”
“This I didn’t know,” Trump stated as he took the letter. “Wow. Thanks very a lot. Coming from you specifically, that is very significant.”
Trump’s allies have made the case that he’s as soon as once more deserving of a glance from the Nobel committee within the wake of a few of his current efforts to dealer ceasefires around the globe.
Pakistan stated final week it could advocate Trump for the peace prize for his function in mediating its battle with India.
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) wrote to the Nobel committee on Tuesday to make Trump’s case after he helped obtain a fragile and nascent ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
Monday’s assembly was centered partly on ongoing efforts to succeed in a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, one thing that has confirmed elusive since combating broke out in October 2023.
The Nobel Peace Prize has hardly ever been removed from Trump’s thoughts as he shapes his personal overseas coverage.
He made the case that he was deserving throughout his first time period after summits with North Korean chief Kim Jong Un to debate denuclearization, although the summits didn’t yield concrete outcomes.